Flower-holder



(No Model.)

.A. B. OOUGH.

FLOWER HOLDER.

No. 556,920. Patented Mar. 24, 1896 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADONIRAM BIRD COUGH, OF FREMONT, MAINE.

FLOWER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,920, dated March24, 1896.

Application filed October 18, 1895 To all wit/011? it; may concern:

Be it known that I, ADONIRAM BIRD (DOUGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Tremont, in the county of Hancock and State ofBlaine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFlower-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to an improved flower-holder to be attached tobicycles, carriages and vehicles in general.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder which shall keep theflowers moist, one that will securely hold the flowers againstdisplacement, and one which will prevent the water held within theholder being spilled by jarring or turning over.

\Vith these objects in view my invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of parts, all of which will be fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a viewshowing the holder attached to a bicycle handle-bar. Fig. S2 is asectional view.

In carrying out my invention I employ a receptacle A-shaped in the formof a vase, and made of glass or rubber,v preferably the latter, to avoidbreakage. lhe receptacle is closed at the bottom a, and is made solidfor some distance below said bottom to afford a convenient hold for thespring-clamps B, by means of which said holder is attached to thehandle-bar of a bicycle or the dash of a vehicle. If desired a socket Bcould be clasped to the handlebar or dash and the receptacle seatedtherein.

The receptacle A is bulged at the top and Serial No. 566,077. (Nomodel.)

the mouth or entrance C is turned inward in tubular form, thus providingan annular chamber D surrounding the inwardly-extending tubular neck 0.This construction of neck will securely hold the flowers againstdisplacement.

In operation the holder is filled with water to the line marked a, andthis volume is less than the volume of one side, and it will thus beseen that as the holder leans to one side or the other the water willflow up into the an nular chamber, which being so much larger than thelower portion of holder will readily accommodate said water and preventspilling.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Thecombination with a flower-holder having a closed bottom, and a bulgedtop with a depressed opening terminating in an inwardly-extendingtubular neck, of a socket in which the bottom of said holder is held,and spring-clamps pivotally connected with said socket, substantially asshown and described.

2. A flower-holder having a closed bottom and a bulged top with adepressed opening terminating in an inwardly-extending tubular neck, asocket in which the bottom of said holder is held, and spring-clampspivotally connected with said socket, the said socket being providedwith an annular, outwardlyextending flange fitted in said groove,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ADONIRAM BIRD COUGH.

Witnesses A. H. RICKER, E. WEBSTER FRENCH.

